"There
is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and
lets the future in."
(Graham Greene)

Ariel was born Dec.11/98 in St. Albert,
Alberta, Canada, without eyes- a rare condition known as Bi-lateral Anophthalmia -
and with other medical problems. Her first year has been an endless series of visits to
doctors, medical tests and surgery. An MRI scan in March 1999 confirmed that Ariel had no
eyes, but also showed she had a tethered spine, a backwards aorta and a sequestered lung.
In June she had surgery on her spine. On February 1, 2000 Ariel underwent surgery to
expand her eye sockets
in London, Ontario. The operation went well and thanks to her Mom and Dad we have added a
few pics of Ariel taken after the surgery.
There are still more surgeries in Ariel's future!

Click on Teddy to view more pics of Ariel!!
Click on photo below to access pics of Ariel after surgery

A visit with Ariel in 2000
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A new pic of Ariel!
AUGUST 2001

We will update the page whenever
information will become available to us!
Don't forget to sign Ariel's guestbook on the very bottom of the page !!
Thank you for showing your interest in Ariel's well-being!

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Webmaster:Bea Janisch This page was created Jan 6/00 and last updated August 2001My sincere thanks go to Mike for some of the technical help, as well as to Elaine
Federici for providing me with the quote.